The Healthcare Financial Management Association has listed several “areas of concern” in CMS’ Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program in a letter to the Agency. The program, which is scheduled to ...

Every state but 1 lowered hospital readmissions since 2010, CMS data shows Between 2010 and 2015, national readmission rates fell 8 percent, thanks in part to the implementation of the Hospital ...

Anyone with an interest in quality nursing home care should agree on one thing: The moment for Quality Assurance/Performance Improvement (QAPI) is now! A couple of years ago, a nursing home ...

Hospital readmissions are costly and often preventable events. Yet intense efforts to decrease readmissions rates and avoid penalties under the 2010 federal healthcare reform law have yet to have a ...

Adequate outpatient follow-up within 30 days significantly reduces 30-day all-cause hospital readmissions, impacting hospital finances and patient care quality. The study analyzed 83 studies, ...